News2025.03.31 14:00

Lithuania records 300 cases of GPS jamming in one month

LRT.lt 2025.03.31 14:00

Oro Navigacija (Air Navigation), Lithuania's air traffic authority, received over 300 GPS jamming reports from pilots in March alone, the company rep told LRT.lt.

The comment followed another case on Saturday night, when a Ryanair flight from London Stansted to Vilnius Airport was forced to abort its landing approach due to GPS jamming, according to the pilots.

The plane landed safely on its second attempt.

"The interference with the GPS signal does not pose any major problems, as pilots can follow the signals of our ground-based equipment, which allows for accurate and safe take-off and landing of the aircraft," Ingrida Daugirdė, Oro Navigacija spokesperson, told LRT.lt.

Baltic officials have previously said that GPS jamming is affecting civilian air navigation in the vicinity of the Russian Belarusian borders.

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